WaPo: Federal Prosecutors Close In On GOP Fundraiser Elliott Broidy

Federal prosecutors are close to filing charges against GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy over his role in a foreign influence campaign, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

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PA Supreme Court To Tackle Ballot Dropboxes And Other Vote-By-Mail Disputes

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to head-off a dispute Republicans have raised about the use of dropboxes for mail ballots and other aspects of how absentee voting works in the state.

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Bogus Russian News Story Shows How Election Disinfo Can ‘Hack Your Mind’

A quickly debunked Russian report on how U.S. voter roll data was supposedly making it to the “dark web” presented a perfect case study in the disinformation challenges election officials are facing, amid a voting season already in turmoil due to the pandemic.

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Doctor Insists Trump Never Suffered Any ‘Mini Strokes’ After POTUS Himself Brings It Up

Dr. Sean Conley, physician to the President, issued a statement on Tuesday hitting back at a suggestion that Trump suffered from a stroke during his unexpected visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center late last year.

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Second Circuit Delays Enforcement Of Criminal Subpoena For Trump Financial Records

President Trump won a brief reprieve from New York law enforcement on Tuesday, as Manhattan’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals further delayed a subpoena for his tax returns from going into effect.

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After Getting Appeals Court’s Okay, Flynn Judge Revives Look At DOJ’s Dismissal Bid

The judge presiding over Michael Flynn’s case took a next step towards examining the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Flynn’s case, now that an appeals court has reversed its order that the judge immediately drop the prosecution.

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Now in Government Food Aid Boxes: A Letter From Donald Trump

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Millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table may discover a new item in government-funded relief packages of fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat: a letter signed by President Donald Trump.
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KY Will Report Partial Results On Election Night. Will That Confuse Voters About Who Actually Won?

In response to voters’ frustration at having to wait a week for their election results during the June primary, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) and Secretary of State Michael Adams tweaked the rules for the general election. 

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Fauci Squashes Trump’s Distortion Of CDC’s COVID-19 Death Toll Data

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday threw cold water on President Donald Trump and his allies’ attempt to distort the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) data to misleadingly shrink the COVID-19 death toll.

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